Neutron

New clock 100 times more accurate than atomic clock

March 14, 2012

Sundial

A newly proposed clock that uses the orbit of a neutron around an atomic nucleus to keep time would be so accurate that it would only gain or lose 1/20th of a second every 14 billion years – or about the lifetime of the universe.

ITER- World’s largest Fusion Reactor

July 13, 2011

Fusion Reactor

Of all the futuristic technologies scientists have sworn would change our lives forever, none is more promising, and more elusive, than fusion power. Fusion is a great choice because we know it can produce a lot more energy than most efforts we now use. We have no greater evidence than our own stars and the sun.

Giant ring of Black holes discovered

February 11, 2011

ring of Black holesThis composite image of Arp 147, a pair of interacting galaxies located about 430 million light years from Earth, shows X-rays from the NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory (pink) and optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope (red, green, blue) produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md.

Neutron star may have a core with a strange frictionless fluid

February 7, 2011

Neutron starThe neutron star (illustration) at the center of the remains of the Cassiopeia A supernova may have a core filled with a strange frictionless fluid, new research suggests.